By Cal MankowskiNEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow and S&P 500 were up slightly on Friday as data showing employers shed far fewer jobs in April than expected calmed worries about a recession, while the Nas…
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. Conferences Among the other significant conferences next week are the Credit Suisse Group 2008 OTC Conference from Sunday through Wednesday in
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of Yahoo Inc. rose nearly 7% Friday, gaining ground on news of a possible higher offer from Microsoft Corp. and an expanded partnership with Google Inc.
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The Dow closed up 47.88 at 13,057.88 on Friday. The NASDAQ finished down 3.72 at 2,476.99. The S&P 500 ended up 4.42 at 1,413.76. Here's how some leading Colorado companies performed Fri…
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Brazilian stocks shot to a record high Friday, bursting through the 70,000-point barrier for the first time on continued euphoria over the country's new investment-grade…
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Stocks rallied strongly early Friday after the Labor Department said the U.S. economy shed fewer jobs than feared last month, but a 23% decline in shares of Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) set the ton…
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By Jennifer CooganNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks made modest gains on Friday after jobs data that offered fresh evidence the economic slowdown is not as severe as feared, but technology shares faded on a…
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NEW YORK (AP) ― Wall Street turned in a mixed performance Friday as investors set aside some initial enthusiasm over a stronger-than-expected jobs report to lock in some of their recent gains….
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U.S. stocks on Friday remained mostly ahead after the April jobs report proved not as bad as expected and the Federal Reserve widened funding to banks, but Sun Microsystems Inc.'s disappointing resu…
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of Yahoo Inc. moved higher Friday evening as speculation heated up that the world's largest software firm is considering raising its bid for the Web portal.